Tire carrier and cover



Aug. 3 1926. 1,594,710'

J. H. BUFFINGTON ET AL TIRE CARRIER AND COVER Filed Oct. 12. 1922 -Arr) s Patented Aug. 3, 1926.

1,594,719 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN H. BUFFINGTON AND LINCOLN L. WHITSON, OF HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA, AS- SIGN OBS 0F ONE-THIRD T0 WILLIAM FAIRBANKS, OF HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA.

TIRE CARRIER AND COVER.

. Application filed October 12, 1922. Serial- No. 593,985.

Our invention relates to tire carriers for motor vehicles, and a purpose of our invention is the provision of a tire carrier which is constructed to completely house. a spare tire in such manner as .to protect the tire against the action of the elements and the seepage of dust and other foreign matter into the carrier. f i

It is alsoa purpose of our invention to provide a tire carrier Whichpermitsof the ready removal or insertion of a tire to or from the carrier, and means for preventing rattling of the tire within the carrier. v

Although we have herein shown and described only one form of tire carrier, it is to be understood thatyarious changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention and the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

In t e accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a view showing in front elevation one form of tire carrier embodying our invention with the movable sections? in open position; Y

igure 2 is a vertical sectional view of the tire carrier shown in Figure 1 and with the movable sections in closed position;

igure 3 is a transverse vertical section of the tire carrier shown in Figure 2.

Referring specifically to the drawings, in which similar reference characters refer to similar parts, our invention, in its present embodiment, comprises a tire carrier includinga stationary section 15 adapted to be rigidly sustained upon the rear or side of an automobile body by means of brackets 16. The brackets are of any suitable form and are arranged in any suitable manner to obtain the result desired. The carrier also includes movable sections 17 and 18, these sections cooperating with the stationary section 15 to provide a carrier to completely house a tire.

h sections 17 and 18 are movably sustained upon the stationary section 15 by means of hinges 19 so that the sections are capable of occupying an open position as shown in Figure 1, or a closed position, as shown in Figure 2. In the open position of the sections, the open side of the stationary section 15 is exposed to allow of the insertion of a tire designated at 20 into the section.- The movable sections 17 and 18 may then be moved to closed position to .completely house the tire.

' closed position,

against movement within the casing.

which is adapted b 1 As shown in Figures 1 and 3, certain of the edges of the sections 17 and 18 and the upper'edge of the section 15 are provided With flanges 21 arranged to provide shoulders 22. These flanges are disposed in overlapped relation when the sections 17 and 18 are in closed position, thus cooperating with the flanges in providing a liquidand dust-proof joint. The section 18 is provided with'a second flange 23 which in the closed position of the sections 17 and 18 is disposed in overlapped relation toa flange 23 of t e section liquidanddust-proof joint between the sections. s v

For the purpose of preventing movement of the tire 20 carrler, resilient members in the the sections in the manner clearly shown in Figure 2. The

is such that with the sections 17 and 18 in the springs are slightly flexed so that they serve to securely. hold the tire sections 17 and 18 are in closed position in such as by a hasp 25 carried by one section (1 an eye 26 carried by the other section. A padlock 27 may be extended through the eye so as to retain the hasp in connecting position with respect to the sections.

To substantially the ready collapsing of the stationary sectionv 15, an arcuate strip 28 of relatively heavy metal is riveted or otherwise secured to the outer side of the periphery of the section 15.

adapted to be secured- 4 1s strip is of the same cross-sectional con-.

touras the periphery of the section, so as ,to snugly fit the latter with its ends terminating e ow the upper edge of the section, as clearly shown in Figure 2. This strip 28 may be further employed to provide securing means for the brackets 16.

en it is desired to removeiany foreign matter that might accumulate in the section 15 when the sections 17 and 18, are open, a screw plu' '29 is removably mounted the bottom ogthe section 15, as clearly shown in" Figure 2.-

e claim as our invention 1. A tire carrier comprising a semi-circular stationary section having atransversely curved bottom and straight sides, movable within the carrier and to thus preclude the possibility of the tire rattling within the .form of leaf springs 24 are secured within reinforce and thus prevent 17,'so as'to also form a arrangement of the springs v tionary section in forming transversely quarter circular sections; hinged. site ends of the curved bottom, said quarter circular sections having transversely curved tops and straight sidesada'pted to abut each other pletely enclose a tire, an

having each of their ends secured to the curved parts of the sections with their middle portions in spaced relation thereto.

' 2. A tire carrier comprising a semirci'rcu lar stationary section having a transversely\ i sections, said leaf springs secured to the transversely in forming a carrier. to completely enclose a. tire, leaf springs carried by all of said having their ends the sections with their middle portions in spaced relation thereto, an arcuate stiffening to the 0p and the sides of the sta-' a carrier to com-- leaf springs carried by all of said sections, said leaf springs curved parts of member secured-to the transversely curved bottom of the stationary section, and porting member for supporting the carrier.

3. A tire carrier comprising a semi-circular stationary section having a transversely curved movablequarter circular sections hinged to the opposite ends of the curved bottom, said quarter circular sections having transversely curved tops and. straight sides adapted to abut each other and the sides of pbrackets secured to said stifl'ening' bottom and straight sides,

the stationary section informing a carr er to completely enclose a tire, leaf springs carried by all of said sections, having their ends secured to the transversely curved parts of the sections with their middle portions in spaced relation thereto, there being an aperture formed through the bottom of the stationary member, and a plug for closing said aperture as and for the purpose described. In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification. 'JOHN H. BUFFINGTON.

LINCOLN L. WHITSON.

said leaf springs 

